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Letters Patent No. 62.340, dated February 26, 1867.

IMPBUVED APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SPRINGS TOCUSHIONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, E. F. JOHNS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Apparatus for Applying Springs to Cushions: and I do hereby declare the following to bc a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consiste of a frame, td which certain levers are attached, sind which is adapted for the recepA tion of cushion frames, as fully described hereafter, so that the springs secured to the cushion framemay be quickly compressed and held rmly in their position while being tied to each other and to the frame.

In ordner to enable others skilled in the art to make und use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its 'construction und operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this speci-` fication, and in which- Figure l, an end elevation oi' my apparatus for applying springs to cushions.

Figure 2, a plan view.

Figure 3, a plan View of a modication; and

Figure 4, a sectional view .of another modification.

A is an oblong frame, which consists of two side strips or rails, a a,connected by cross-rails, Z1 b, which are secured to the lower edges of -the side strips,- as shown in .g. 1. To staples c e, at the upper edge of the strip a, are jointed the ends of hars or levers B B, each of which extends across the frame, and has a handle, d, secured to its outer end; and et the upper edge of the rail a', directly opposite each of the staples onvthe rail a, is a hook, e. When the seat of a chair or sofa, or a spring cushion of any kind,.is to be made, the ordinary helical wire springs, after being secured to the ordinary frame, and compressed, are tied to the frame by cords, so that the springs, when depressed, will be prevented from bending to one side or the other. It has heretofore been found diicult to maintain thcfsprings in their proper positions while being tied. By the use, however, of the above-described device, this diHicnlty is entirely overcome.

The chair or other frame, X, to'whieh the springs Y are secured, is placed in the frame A,between the strips a a', and resting on 'the strips b b. Each of the levers B is now brought against the upper ends of the springs beneath it, und is depressed to a horizontal position, and passed beneath `the hook e, by which it is secured. The springs X being now compressed to the desired extent, and held in their position by the levers B, are secured together and to the fraine by cords, rcx, in the usual manner; after which the levers are disengaged from the hooks e, and then raised from the springs, when the frame X may be removed. I have'found that, by the use of a machine of this description, the securing of thc springs maybe elected with far less labor and in much -lesstimc than is required when the machine is not employed. A lever, B, of the form shown in iig. 3, may be substituted for the straight levers or rods shown in figs. 1 and 2.,

vWithout confining myself` to the precise, construction and arrangement of `devices herein described, l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent- A frame, A, with lever B, and hooks e, or their equivalents, constructed and adapted for the reception of the frame X of a cushion, and for the compression of springs on the same, substantially as described.

Int-estimony whereof` I have signed my neme to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EVAN F. JOHNS.

Witnessesr C. B. Pares, WM. HALL WAXLmi. 

